The MillenniumTNG Project: the hydrodynamical full physics simulation and a first look at its galaxy clusters

Pakmor, Rüdiger; Springel, Volker; Coles, Jonathan P; Guillet, Thomas; Pfrommer, Christoph; Bose, Sownak; Barrera, Monica; Delgado, Ana Maria; Ferlito, Fulvio; Frenk, Carlos; Hadzhiyska, Boryana; Hernández-Aguayo, César; Hernquist, Lars; Kannan, Rahul; White, Simon D M

Abstract

Cosmologicalsimulations are an important theoretical pillar for understanding non-linearstructure formation in our Universe and for relating it to observations on large scales. In several papers, we introduce our MillenniumTNG (MTNG) project that provides a comprehensive set of high-resolution, large-volume simulations of cosmic structure formation aiming to better understand physical processes on large scales and to help interpret upcoming large-scale galaxy surveys. We here focus on the full physics box MTNG740 that computes a volume of 740 Mpc3 with a baryonic mass resolution of 3.1 × 107 M using AREPO with 80.6 billion cells and the IllustrisTNG galaxy formation model. We verify that the galaxy properties produced by MTNG740 are consistent with the TNG simulations, including more recent observations. We focus on galaxy clusters and analyse clusterscaling relations and radial profiles. We show that both are broadly consistent with various observational constraints. We demonstrate that the SZ-signal on a deep light-cone is consistent with Planck limits. Finally, we compare MTNG740 clusters with galaxy clusters found in Planck and the SDSS-8 RedMaPPer richness catalogue in observational space, finding very good agreement as well. However, simultaneously matching cluster masses, richness, and Compton-y requires us to assume that the SZ mass estimates for Planck clusters are underestimated by 0.2 dex on average. Due to its unprecedented volume for a high-resolution hydrodynamical calculation, the MTNG740 simulation offers rich possibilities to study baryons in galaxies, galaxy clusters, and in large-scale structure, and in particular their impact on upcoming large cosmological surveys.

Citation

Pakmor, R., Springel, V., Coles, J. P., Guillet, T., Pfrommer, C., Bose, S., Barrera, M., Delgado, A. M., Ferlito, F., Frenk, C., Hadzhiyska, B., Hernández-Aguayo, C., Hernquist, L., Kannan, R., & White, S. D. M. (2023). The MillenniumTNG Project: the hydrodynamical full physics simulation and a first look at its galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(2), 2539-2555. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3620

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 6, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jul 20, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-09
• Deposit Date: Dec 14, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 14, 2023
• Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Print ISSN: 0035-8711
• Electronic ISSN: 1365-2966
• Publisher: Royal Astronomical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 524
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 2539-2555
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3620
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2026291